Design considerations for a broadband indoor wireless system

The growth of wireless personal communications systems (PCS) in the coming decade is expected to be dramatic, with some projected forecasts for the U.S. market alone of the order of $3 billion by 1997. At the same time, the full-scale development of high-speed ATM-switched networks and the evolution towards 'third generation' portables will make the integration of wireless and optical systems not only desirable but necessary. This study considers a future indoor wireless network operating in the MM-wavelength spectrum and capable of supporting broadband services like video teleconferencing and transmission of high resolution images on top of the traditional ones that include cordless telephony and paging. A point of view and a general framework for the interface of this system to a public switched ATM network are suggested here.